Jar-holder and kettle-cover



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JAB. HOLDER' AND KBITLE COVER." No; 400,385. V Patented Mar. 26; 1889. f

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IDA ZANDER, OF MILWAUKEE, WVISCONSIN.

JAR-HOLDER AND KETTLE-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,385, dated March26, 1889.

Application filed November 19, 1888. Serial No. 291,222. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IDA ZANDER, of Mil-' waukee, in the county ofMilwaukeeand State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Jar-l-Iolder and Kettle-Cover, and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In preserving fruit in the well-known glass fruit-jars it is thepractice to put the fruit into the jars when it has been partiallyprepared for keeping, and thereafter, while in the jar, to heat or scaldit, and when so heated to seal the jar hermetically by placing a capthereon. The handling and sealing of the jar while it and its contentsare hot are at tended with considerable inconvenience, and one object ofmy device is to provide a receptacle for receiving the fruit-jar andholding it, whereby it may be handled and sealed conveniently.

Another object of my device is to catch and save the sirup or contentsof the jar when, in scalding, it runs over the top of the jar, as isfrequently the case, or when a jar breaks, as occasionally occurs, whichsirup in such cases, when no other than the devices in common use areused, is likely to be partially or wholly lost.

This device also is so constructed as to properly support the fruit-jarin a bath of hot water and at the same time to provide a cover for thekettle containing the hot water.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical section of my device asused in connection with a preserving kettle and jar. Fig. 2 is a centralvertical section of a portion'of my device and the preserving-jar, madeat right angles to the view shown in Fig. 1, that is on line XX of Fig.3. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the same device shown in Fig. 1.

The same letters refer to like parts in all the views.

A is a preserving-kettle, provided with a handle, B. This kettle in useis intended and adapted to contain water, as shown in Figs.

1 and 2, and to be placed on a stove or range for heating the watertherein.

My improved device consists, especially, of the cylindrical. hollow caseG, having a bottom, D, and at its top the outwardly-projecting flange E.This device may be conveniently made of tin or other sheet metal, andmay be made in a single piece or of several pieces secured together, asis most convenient in manufacture. The caseA is made of such a diameterlaterally as to conveniently receive therein one of the now commonlyused fruitjars F, and is of such depth vertically as preferably toreceive one-half 0r two-thirds of the fruit-jar therein, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

The flange E projects outwardly far enough to extend over and rest uponthe top of a preserving-kettle, A, and is preferably turned downslightly at the edge, forming a rim, as

shown at G, for the purpose of holding it in position on the top of thekettle against lateral movement.

It will be seen that this device so constructed forms a cover for thekettle A, and it isalso provided with a handle, H, and with a spout, I,which is preferably placed at the side of the cover or at right anglesto the handle, as shown in Fig. 3; also, it is desirable to havea smallaperture, K, in this flange E, for a vent for the steam arising from thewater in the kettle.

It will be understood that the jar F can be placed in this device, andwhen filled with hot fruit or other material can by this device beconveniently handled, being readily placed in the kettle or removedtherefrom or held for sealing the jar hermetically. Other uses of thisdevice, both in connection with fruit-jars and other similar articles,will be readily understood.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A jar-holder and kettle-cover consisting of a fiat sheet of metalwith a downwardlyextending flange at its edge adapted to retain thecover in position on a kettle, which cover is turned downwardlycentrally at a distance from its outer edge, forming a single well orreceptacle with vertical walls, and an imperforate bottom for thereception of a fruit-jar gral therewith, with the flange E and spout I,therein, a spout leading from the Well to the substantially asdescribed. 10 outer edge of the cover, and a handle affixed In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in rigidly to the cover for lifting it, ineoinbinapresence of two Witnesses.

tion with a receiving and supporting kettle, IDA ZANDER. substantiallyas described. \Vitnesses:

2. The combination of the receptacle formed 0. T. BENEDICT, of the easeC and imperforate bottom D, inte- J AS. B. ERWIN.

